Linn-Benton Community College

Volunteers are needed to facilitate small group training sessions for students in varied healthcare and medical fields.  Experience in healthcare or healthcare education needed. A free information session and mandatory facilitator training will be held Thursday, Sept. 21 from 1-3 p.m. at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. LBCC, CompNW Medical School and Oregon State University will work together in small, interdisciplinary group sessions, including students in the fields of pharmacy, medical assisting, nursing, and physician training. Volunteer facilitators will help students work through real-life experiences during each session, which is designed to help students communicate and work together across their varied medical disciplines. Sessions will be held at LBCC’s Albany campus from October through April for approximately 15 hour’s total volunteer time, one and half-hour per session. For more information or to register the information training session, ...

A grand opening for Linn-Benton Community College’s new Healthcare Occupations Center in Lebanon will be held Wednesday, August 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. LBCC President Dr. Greg Hamann and Dr. Larry Mullins with Samaritan Health Services will speak at a ribbon cutting ceremony starting at 10 a.m., with an open house taking place from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The center is located at 250 N. 5th St. in Lebanon, adjacent to COMP-NW Medical School. The state-of-the-art 42,000 square foot facility brings LBCC healthcare programs into one learning space, providing greater opportunity for collaboration between programs and sharing of resources. LBCC’s Diagnostic Imaging program was the first to move in June, with classes already in session. The remainder of healthcare programs are moving in over the summer with a fall term start. LBCC healthcare programs include diagnostic imaging, nursing, nursing assistant, medical assistant, coding and reimbursement specialist, dental assistant, polysomnogra...

The post-electric play “Mr. Burns” is coming to Linn-Benton Community College’s Russell Tripp Performance Center August 25-27 and September 1-2. Set at a time after the apocalypse, Anne Washburn's thought-provoking dark comedy starts with the animated sitcom “The Simpsons,” as a group of survivors sit around a campfire and try to recall the TV show’s "Cape Feare" episode. Years later, those survivors become one of many wandering theater troupes keeping civilization alive by performing classic TV episodes. As society rebuilds, do our pop culture memories become the new mythology, the new religion? Considering “The Simpsons,” is that such a bad thing? Directed by Pat Kight, "Mr. Burns" runs August 25, 26 and Sept. 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance August 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14 general admission, $10 students/seniors. Purchase online at linnbenton.edu/tickets. For more information, contact the LBCC Russell Tripp Performance Center at 541-917-453...

Linn-Benton Community College Small Business Development Center and Community Education departments have moved to a new location on the college’s Albany campus. The departments are now located on the first floor of Willamette Hall, room WH-120, directly across from the Campus Store (formerly the Bookstore). The move brings LBCC Extended Learning programs into one location. This includes Customized Training and Professional Development, which were already located in Willamette Hall. For more information, contact the LBCC Extended Learning at 541-917-4840.

The class “Making Dollars and Sense of Your Business Financial Numbers” will be held by the Small Business Development Center at Linn-Benton Community College starting September 20. Learn how to better understand and manage your small business financial results. Class provides practical, real-world training in the essential financial scorecards to help you understand your numbers to achieve your goals, objectives and bottom-line results. Learn how to focus quickly on the numbers that matter to avoid problems, recognize opportunities that affect profitability, use basic scorecards to measure results, save money and increase your confidence working with figures to gain perspective in planning. One-on-one advising included. A free orientation will be held Wednesday, September 13 at 1 p.m. at the LBCC Calapooia Center, room CC-210, Albany. The five-week class will meet every other Wednesday from 1 to 4 p.m. beginning September 20. Cost is $199. Discou...

A Solar Eclipse Festival “Totality Inspired” will be held at Linn-Benton Community College August 20 and 21 and includes a variety of activities and overnight camping. Festival starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20 with family friendly activities and more than 20 educational booths including water rocketry, slime making, barrel imploding, bed-of-nails demo, solar observation booth, pin hole camera construction, exploding bucket, burning salts, thin film chromatography, fire breathing, start gazing, liquid nitrogen ice cream and more. Physics demonstrations start at 4 p.m. in the college theater and include ROV and high altitude balloon demonstrations, the life and death of stars, variable stars and eclipse science and history. Albany rock band “Up Rising” will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the college courtyard. Food, non-alcoholic drinks and eclipse memorabilia will be available for purchase. Festival admission is $5 at the door for non-campers. Free admission for children under 18 and...

Foundations of Business Success will be held through the Small Business Development Center at Linn-Benton Community College’s Benton Center starting September 19. Learn how to create and assess a business plan for a start-up or new business in this 10 week course. Other topics include: financial management, pricing, cash flow, marketing, sales, legal topics, insurance needs, bookkeeping systems, market research, and exploring the lifestyle of a business owner. One-on-one advising included. A free orientation will be held Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the LBCC Benton Center, 757 Polk Ave. NW, Corvallis.  Class will meet Tuesdays from 6 to 8:50 p.m. beginning Sept. 19. Cost is based on income. Early Bird discount: get $25 off fee for the first 10 people to sign up and pay by August 15. For more information or to register, contact the LBCC Small Business Development Center at 541-917-4929, or see our website  www.linnbenton.edu/sbd...